Πάθας

sufferings

Translated by Luca Benelli5 Mar 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

3 notes · 40 words

Translation

[Meaning sc. bad] experiences, misfortunes.1 "He brought in the confiscation of property and the fine and, of course, his own previous, unjust sufferings."2
pa/qas [is] feminine.
Sophocles [writes]: "and the sufferings inside I am in no position to speak of".3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάθας· πάθη, ξυμφοράς. ὁ δὲ ἐπῆγε τήν τε ἀποστέρησιν τῶν χρημάτων καὶ τὴν καταδίκην καὶ μέντοι καὶ τὰς προτέρας αὐτοῦ τὰς ἀδίκους πάθας. Πάθας θηλυκῶς. Σοφοκλῆς· καὶ τὰς μὲν ἔνδον οὐκ ἔχω λέγειν πάθας.

Betacode
*pa/qas: pa/qh, cumfora/s. o( de\ e)ph=ge th/n te a)poste/rhsin tw=n xrhma/twn kai\ th\n katadi/khn kai\ me/ntoi kai\ ta\s prote/ras au)tou= ta\s a)di/kous pa/qas. *pa/qas qhlukw=s. *sofoklh=s: kai\ ta\s me\n e)/ndon ou)k e)/xw le/gein pa/qas. 

Notes (3)

  1. The headword, illustrated by both of the quotations given, is accusative plural of the noun pa/qh. See also pi 21, pi 22, pi 23.
  2. 1For the second of these glosses cf. the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 7, where the nominative plural pa/qai occurs (see pi 21). ↩
  3. 2Aelian fr. 305 Domingo-Forasté (308 Hercher). ↩
  4. 3A variant -- noted but not adopted by modern editors -- of Sophocles, Ajax 295, which has e)kei= me/n for the Suda's me\n e)/ndon. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 4 Apr 2021
  1. cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — Raphael Finkel
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Revised — David Whitehead
  5. updated reference — Catharine Roth
  6. augmented notes and keywords; other changes -- already reflected in the above -- from a draft in the test database — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Luca Benelli

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